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Renegades (novel)

Renegades is a novel by Marissa Meyer, a New York Times-bestselling young adult novelist. Her debut novel, Cinder, is the first book in a popular series, The Lunar Chronicles. Renegades was published November 7th, 2017 by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. It became a no. 2 New York Times bestseller two weeks after it's release, second to John Green's Turtles All the Way Down (released October 10, 2017).

Synopsis

Renegades follows Nova (Anarchist alias: Nightmare), the niece of the Anarchist leader, Alec Arting (alias: Ace Anarchist). Alec takes Nova in after her parents are murdered by another villain gang before the civil war, and was raised by the Anarchists. She can put people to sleep with skin-to-skin contact, and since her parents murder, she has not slept at all. She wants revenge on the Renegades for not protecting her parents as promised, and leads an infiltration into their headquarters by posing as a Renegade-in-training.

It also follows Adrian, the son of the leaders of the Renegades, Hugh Everhart and Simon Westwood. He was adopted by the two leaders after his mother, another member of the core-Renegades, was killed. He brings Nova onto his team at Renegades headquarters as she poses as 'Insomnia.'

The World of Renegades

Renegades takes place in Galton (a fictional city), in the aftermath of a civil war between the Renegades and the Anarchists. Both are groups of people with superpowers. The Renegades consider themselves superheroes - fighting for the greater good. The Anarchists are the most powerful of many villain gangs, and consider themselves the super-villains. The Renegades have beat the Anarchists, causing them to go into hiding. The remaining Anarchists after the civil war live in the old tunnel of the city's subway system, in order to live their lives in the rule of the Renegades.

Characters

Anarchists

Alias	Name	Superpower	Relations
Nightmare	Nova Artino	Tranquilization/Insomnia	Niece to Ace Anarchist
Ace Anarchist	Alec Artino	Telekinesis	Uncle to Nightmare
Cyanide	Leroy Flinn	Alchemy	N/A
Queen Bee	Honey Harper	Anthophilia (controls bees)	N/A
Detonator	Ingrid Thompson	Explosives	N/A
Phobia	Unknown	Fright/Shadow Control	N/A
Puppeteer	Winston Pratt	Possession	N/A

Renegades

Alias	Name	Superpower	Relations
Sketch	Adrian Everhart	Artwork Genesis	Biological Son of Georgia Rawles, Adopted by Hugh Everhart and Simon Westwood
Red Assassin	Ruby Tucker	Hemo-Trnasformation (can turn exposed blood into gemstones)	Patrol team with Adrian, Oscar, and Danna
Smokescreen	Oscar Silva	Smoke and Vapour Control	Patrol team with Adrian, Ruby, and Danna
Monarch	Danna Bell	Metamorphosis	Patrol team with Adrian, Oscar, and Ruby
The Bandit	Max	Classified	Adopted by Hugh Everhart and Simon Westwood

Renegade Council

Alias	Name	Superpower	Relations
Captain Chromium	Hugh Everhart	Invincibility/Superstrength	Married to Simon, adopted father of Adrian
The Dread Warden	Simon Westwood	Invisible	Married to Simon, adopted father to Adrian
Lady Indomitable	Georgia Rawles	Levitation/Flight	Biological mother to Adrian
Tsunami	Kasumi Hasegawa	Water Manipulation	N/A
Thunderbird	Taymaya Rae	Lightning and Thunder Control/Flight (has wings)	N/A
Blacklight	Avander Wade	Light Manipulation	N/A

Response

As of November 19th, 2017, the average Goodreads star rating is 4.1/5 stars out of 1,291 ratings. It was chosen as iBooks' Favourite for November.

Publisher's Weekly gave it a starred review on October 9th, calling it, "a strikingly grounded story of star-crossed would-be lovers, deception, and the recognition that most of humanity exists between the extremes of good and evil".

Renegades hit the New York Times bestseller list for Young Adult Hardcovers at number 2 the week of November 26th, 2017.

Publicity

On February 24th, 2017, the release date for Renegades was revealed on Marissa Meyer's Twitter, and her tweets until it's release date heavily feature the book. There were multiple snippet and chapter releases on social media, as well as a cover reveal with the LA Times. There was also heavy use of the hashtag #JointheRenegades and #WinRenegades (along with giveaways) on social media. Book swag such as sunglasses, pens, slap bracelets, and chapter samplers were also given out at conferences such as San Diego Comic Con, New York Comic Con, the American Library Association Annual Conference, and BookExpo.

In anticipation for the release date, there were multiple giveaways, one for a Renegades-themed trip to YallFest, a chance to have your own character featured in the Renegades sequel, and a photo contest to win an advanced copy of the book. There was also limited-edition exclusive editions of the novel. One at Target, that is embossed with silver foil underneath the dust jacket. Another at Barnes and Noble, which features Marissa Meyer's own author notes in a chapter.

There was also a gift with pre-order incentive, where those who pre-order the novel, can submit their receipt and receive exclusive Renegades-themed buttons.

An entire website was created dedicated to the novel, and the pages are slowly added in order to tease fans and get them excited for the novel's release. On October 3rd, 2017, a Facebook Live event took place in which fans could ask Meyer questions, and hear her read an excerpt from the novel.